so follow along if you care to, and have the requisite technology in front of you. trisha, thank you for an being with us, and thanks for cosponsoring this event. >> thank you, ed. it is great to be here, and i am thrilled that we're here to talk about a topic that seems to be front and center. this has been an issue, it's been talked about for many, many, many years, but seems to be on the front burner today. i guess we could call it an on again off again on again proposal. but it's not really clear where it is in current budget discussion. so i think it's very important that we're all here to understand what the policy means and what the potential applications could be. i'm just going to briefly set up the remarks from our colleagues, if i can. [inaudible] >> could i have the first slide? great. okay, so medicare eligibility has been, the idea of raising the age of eligibility is a certain something that is on the table. it has been talked about serving in conjunction with raising the age of eligibility for social security which was done many years ago. why is it